More detail on this person: I would like to
inform you of the death of my father, Col Frank W.
Nadeau, USA (ret.), Palm Coast, Fl on 04/04/04.
He was a noted Army aviator. Served in Vietnam,
1st tour, 08/66 -08/67, 1st Air Cav Div. 2nd
tour, 06/70-06/71, USARV Aviation Ops Officer
under BG Hemmingway. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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Also served in the 11th ABN Div, Camp Campbell,
KY, (-55), Munich, FRG (56-58), Biggs AFB/Ft
Bliss, TX (60-63), Mohawk Gunnery, Ft. Rucker,
AL/Jacksonville NAS, FL (63-65),CDC, Ft. Belvoir,
VA, (where he worked on the UH-6061, CH-62 and
AH-63-64 programs),Aviation Cdr/Post G-3 , Ft
Sill, OK ((71-75) and Dep CG, 18th ARCOM.
Retired 12/79. Some of you may have known of my
dad.
Dad passed on seven years ago and my mom
moved from Palm Coast, FL to Salina, KS recently
and took dad with her. In Vietnam dad commanded
the 228th Avn Bn, 1st Cav Div in 1967 and he was
also so the Dept G-3, 1st Cav Div in 1966 and G-3,
1st Avn Brig in 1970-71 while I was in Vietnam. He
flew everything from the L-5 Stinson Sentinal to
the OV-1 Mohawk, from the OH-13D at Camp
Campbell, 1955, to the Chinook in Vietnam. He
worked on the UTAS (UH-60 and UH-61), the CH-62
and the AFES (AH-63 and AH-64) projects at
Combat Developements Command, Ft Belvior, VA
under Gen. Kinard.
So he did a lot for Army Aviation and we got a
Huey on his headstone.
He flew tail gunner on SBD Douglas Daughtlesses
and Curtis Helldivers during WWII and was injured
during a Kamakazi attack on board the USS Bunker
Hill during the battle for Okinawa. He also
commanded at 8 Inch howitzer battery in Korea in
1951 before he went to flight school in 1954. In
all he served 3 years active Navy, 4 years Navy
Reserve and 29 (1950-1979) years Army and retired
as an O-6.
Sincerely, CW4 Thomas H. Nadeau, AUS (ret.),
tnadeau05@yahoo.com
dat name: Frank W. Nadeau, Jr. age: 78 dob: mar
17, 1926 date died: Apr 4, 2004 address: 13
Westgate Ln city: Palm Coast state: FL zip:
32164-4002 country: USA place of death: Fort
Fairfield, ME cause of death: illness. flight
class: 1954 branch of service: Army dates1: Aug 66
Aug 67 unit1: 229th Avn Bn location1: Vietnam
callsign1: Bn Co dates2: Jun 70 Jun 71 unit2:
USAVN location2: Long Binh callsign2: Avn Ops Off
biography: U.S. Navy WWII. Served as gunner on
dive bombers. Injured on board USS Bunker Hill.
U.S. Army 1950-1979. Retired COL, Master Aviator,
Mohawk Gunnery Branch Chief, Ft. Rucker; Cdr,
229th Avn Bn, Vietnam; Avn Ops Off, USAVN under
BG Hemingway; Avn Cdr, Ft Sill , Graduate, U.S.
Army War College class of 1970.
Survivors: Wife, Lois Nadeau, Palm Coast, FL;
Daughter, Stephanie Bellerive, Salina, KS; Son,
Terry Nadeau (E-4, U.S. Army), Palm Bay, FL;
Son, Thomas Nadeau (CW4 (ret.) U.S. Army, FL;
Son, Joe Nadeau (E-5, U.S. Navy, Boston, MA;
Son, Frank w. "Bill" Nadeau, Phoenix, AZ;
Daughter, Mary White, Houston, TX; Son, Timothy
Nadeau (TSGT (ret.) U.S.A.F.,Omaha, NE; and
Son, Steve Nadeau, Denver, CO
From: CW4 Thomas H Nadeau